Hatchet.



To all whom 'it 'may concern Beit known that I, JosiAi-i R.

citizen of the United States Application tiled Janu -i5 ariANT.,A onirica.

,it MAR'siiiiLLrowN, iowa.

I'mi'iciairir Speciilcation'of Letters Patent.

ary 1i, 1907. Serial No. 352,315.

Patented oct. is, mos.

McCoY, a

, residing at Marshalltown, in the ycounty of Marshall and State of Iowa,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Hatchets; and I do declare the following to be exact description a full, clear, and

of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and u se the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in hatchets and aims to provide a novel implement of this character provided with a' detachable bit and also with a removable cap applied to the poll and therewith to form a nail puller, and cap being adaptedhto be replaced when' necessar AThe invention further hatcliet in which the frame entirely of Vsheet material,

cooperating the said bit contemplates a thereof is formed thereby enabling the same to be cheaply and economically manufactured.

For a'full descri tion of the invention and the merits thereo and alsorto 'acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to' the following description and accompanying drawingls, in which:

Fi ure l is a side e showing one embodiment evation of a hatchet of the invention.

' Fig. 2-is an end View of the saine. Fig?) is a view similar to of the invention. the form shown in Fig. 1 showing'amodificationl Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a similar view showing a further modification. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the form of invention :.iown in Fig. 5. Fig-7 is lathers bit adapted to construction shown in is a detail. view of the bit be emp I Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 8

lan view of a oyed with the employed in connection with-the modification shown in Figs.

5 and 6.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the follovvin description and indicated in all the views o the drawings bythe same reference characters.

l In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the frame or body ortion of the hatchet is formed from a sing e piece of sheet material which itself at an intermediate loop F, the n spaced from and parallel being connected at one en is doubled upon pointI to forni a sides Ar-A of the loop being to each other and d by the Apoll C.

At the opposite end of: the loop the .sid-es A-'-A are provided with. tho-extensions l--'--'1, one of the said extensions being provided at the base-ofthe loop with an offset poriitfin 10 whereby it is tlirowninwardly toward the opposite extension. Fittingwitliin one end of the loop F and abutting against the poll C is a filler 11 which is provided-with a recess facing the poll and communicating with a notch 12 formed in one end thereof. 11 is formed of sheet material and. is' of. ,approximately U shape, the'. limbs thereof abutting against the poll and the saidl fillcr bearing against the upper side of the helve 13 which is inserted'within the loop. Applied to the poll C isa `removable cap S which is provided at its sides with the flanges E embracing the frame of the hatchet` and secured thereto by means of the rivets or fastening members 5 which also engage the filler l1 to hold the same in position". If desired this cap 3 face for driving nails or like members. One end of this cap 3 is cut away atv 14,- the said cut away portion being in the forni of a notch which is decreaSedin-,iA-'idth towardl the outer face of the cap-and fits over tlie notch 12 in the poll and cooperates v. there-l with to Aform a nail puller. Located at' the opposite end of the loopv F is an angle piece. G one of the arms of which lits over the offset portion 10 and engages the lowerside of the helve 13 while the opposite arm :is disposed between the extensions 1--1 and is engaged by fastening members such as the rivets 15 passino' through the same. The bla-de or bit B is held-removablv between the extensions 1-1 and is preferably. formed. with a plurality of cutting edges any se lected one of which can' be held in an operative position. As shownin Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing the bit B is rectangular in shape and is formed with four cutting ed wes, the-central portion of the bit having* our openings therein any selected three of which may be engaged by the three screws 4vO passing throu a he extensions to hold the desired ciitting e ge in operative position. In Fig. 7 isishown a lathers bit B which can be subtiftiiited when desired for the square edged B. A slightly different embodiment of the in- In the present-instance this Vfillei l may be enlarged later-l ally so as to pro]ect beyond the sides of the y frame and provide an increased striking siirf venti'flin is shown in Figs. 3 and 4 in which the bit I3 is ioriued integral. with the frame.

As shown in these two figures the extensions 1a at the lower end of the loop lt tit closely together and are held rigidly in this position by the rivets 5. Itwill be observed that one of the extensions 1a projects beyond thev hatchet is molded or otherwise formed from' a .volid piece of material, being formed with .the usual loop or eye F or for receiving the' helve. The' poll portion oftheframe 16 is en arged and formed at one end withV a recess or notch H corresponding to the notch 12v'of Figs. -1 and 2. Fitting removably over the poll C is a cap 3 provided with side flanges embracing the frame and held in position by the fastening One end othis cap is-notched'at 14D the said notch gradually decreasing in width Vtoward the outer'face of the cap and tting over and cooperating' with the as to `forni a nail puller. The lower end of the frame -16 is reduced in thickness and bifurcated as indicated at R, the bit I32 being ron'iovably clamped between the arms of the bifurcation by lmeans of the screws O. A detail'. View of this bit B2 is "shown in Fig. 8

and it will be observed that the same is pro# vided with a pair of openings and with .a notchin the upper edge thereof, the-.two openings being designed -to receive two of the screws and the notch .to receive the third Screw O. .Witha hatchet constructed vin 4accordance with this invention it will be readily apparent that'the two parts which are subject to the greatest wear, namelythe rny hand'm presence of two bit and-the cap fitting over the poll can be readily removed and replaced as desired, tl'lerehy greatly prolonging the life'of the tool Attention is also directed to the fact that the slicet metal blank from which the hatchet shown. inFigs. 1 and 2 is formed is rectangular in sha-pe and formed with members or rivets 5";

y tlierewithtov forni a nail puller.

straight edges, when the blanks are formed.

Having thus described the invention. wha is claimed. :1s new is:

thereby eliminating waste '1.' A tool of the character `described hav-4 ing the body portionA thereof formed of a piece of sheet material which is looped upon itself, the pollv of the body portion bein lprovided with a recess, and a detachab e cap applied tothe said recessed nail puller.

2. A hatchet having the poll thereof recessed, and a cap ap lied to the poll and .provided with side anges embracing the same, the sald cap cooperating with the re cessed portion ot' the poll to form anail puller. .v

A hatchethaving the frame thereof forinedwith 'a loop, one end of the loop be-` ing notched, and a cap applied to the notched end of the loop and cooperating therewith to form a nail puller.

4. A hatchet having the frame thereof i formed with a loop, one end of the loop -being note ed, a recessed filler tting Within the notched end of the loop, and a cap applied to the said notched end of the loop" and cooperating therewith and' with the recessed filler to form a nail uller. A l

A hatchet havmg thel frame thereof formed with a loop and oneend of the loop being notched, Aa U-'shaped filler 'fitting within the notched end of the loop, and a cap applied' to the notched end of the loopA and cooperatingtherewith and with the U- shaped filler to form a nail puller.v

C. A hatchet having the frame thereof poll of the body. portion and coperating therewith to form a formed of a blankof sheet material which looped upon itself, one end ofthe loopfbeing notched lwhile the opposite end is provided with extensions, abit clamped between the extensions, and a cap 'applied'to the notched end of the loop and" cooperating In testimony whereof I have hereunto set subscribing w1tnes-ses. l

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